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Originally Posted by killingtime With the number of Mac users on this forum I thought I'd ask "What do you think of booting Windows on your Intel Mac"? I mean part of me thinks: Why would I want to take my beautiful Mac and run Windows? As a Slashdotter said (from BBC News): "You get the stability of Windows with the value-of-money of Apple hardware. Sign me up."
On the other hand you can run those apps that don't have OSX versions (including a wide range of games) and you can always spend most of your time in OSX which is lovely. I've come to the conclusion that it is a good thing but then what do I know?
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Exactly!
For me it is all about application support
I would love to junk Windows to nestle in the warm, robust embrace of Linux.
Office document support is admirably covered by Open Office.
But I need Quicken and MS-Project.
I have trialled CrossOver (?) based on Wine to host Windows apps - and I gave up trying to install Quicken after 5 attempts. It may be possible - but I just ran out of time - so I have to keep a flaky Windows machine for those two applications.
There are many, many native Linux apps but there are always crucial gaps - for example a "podcast reader" that works as seamlessly as I-tunes. Juicer may do it - but it isn't released on Linux
Clive